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Converting stand alone MTS files
Client gave me a bunch of stand alone .mts files (off the bat i began cringing) with no other hint of the original file structure. Ok so i did a bit of research and found handbrake, got .mp4 files from handbrake looked great until there was any action in the clip and it got a liney like the scan lines were showing it was all distorted and when in final cut the .mp4 file it bogged things right down and never played right. A few details about the project the .mts files average from 1-5 gigs big average time is 21mins per clip. they were shot at 1440×1080. The client wants a 1280×720 video playable for youtube so likely h.264. o i went to compressor with the .mp4 files i got from handbrake exported a copy of it as an AIC .mov, Apple Pro Res 222 .mov, H.264 .mov all at standard settings but the frame size is 1280×720. Problem is they all have distortion (scan lines show during movement) Then I tryed same settings H.264 encode but a smaller frame at 720×486 (16:9) it fixed the scan line isuue but now it’s gone through unwrapping and compression. As you can tell by reading this I am sort of learning this as I go, ideally my question is there a program preferably free that will convert from .mts to apple pro res 422, my concerns as usual are time and quality
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Take a look at clip wrap
Going through handbrake is a mistake – 2 conversions where you should just do one.
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Jeff I. Greenberg
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